A chronicle at large, and meere history of the affayres of Englande, and kinges of the same : deduced from the creation of the worlde, vnto the first habitation of thys islande : and so by contynuance vnto the first yere of the reigne of our most deere and souereigne lady Queene Elizabeth: collected out of sundry aucthors, whose names are expressed in the next page of this leafe.

Accession number

PML 4247

Creator

Grafton, Richard, -1572?

Published

Imprinted at London : By Henry Denham ... at the costes and charges of Richard Tottle and Humffrey Toye, 1569.

Notes

A few of the woodcuts engraved by Virgil Solis.
Engraved title page supplied in early facsimile.
Titles within woodcut borders: v. 1, McKerrow & Ferguson 131; v.2, McKerrow & Ferguson 110.
Title of v.2 reads, "This seconde volume, beginning at William the Conquerour, endeth wyth our moste dread and soueraigne lady Queene Elizabeth. Seene and alowed according to the order apointed ... 1568." Colophon, v.2: Imprinted by H. Denham ... 1569.
"To the gentle reader" signed: Richard Grafton.

Description

2 v. in 1. ([12], 192, [8]; [2], 1369, [43] p.) : ill. ; 28 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

Autograph (G. Hilligrew?) on first page of dedication. Occasional underlining and one or two marginal annotations.

Provenance

Gosford collection; Toovey collection.

Binding

Red morocco extra, gilt, by Bedford. Arms of Archibald Acheson, gilt, on upper and lower covers.

Classification

Book

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Department

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